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Hide Kittaka
Birth: 8 March 1907
Japan
Death: February 2019
Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Age: 111 years, 330-357 days
Country: JapanJPN
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Hide Kittaka (Japanese: 橘髙ヒデ; 8 March 1907 – February 2019) was a Japanese supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She was the oldest known living person in Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan.

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Kittaka was born in Japan on 8 March 1907. In September 2018, she was reported as the oldest living person in Yamaguchi prefecture. She lived in Shunan. Her age was verified by Japan’s MHLW and Yu Li and validated by the GRG on 13 June 2019.

Kittaka died in February 2019, aged 111 years, 330-357 days. Following her death, the oldest living person in Yamaguchi Prefecture became Shigeko Nagatomi of Shimonoseki, born on 13 July 1908.

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